NELA News                         October 2009

NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association

Election Results

Congratulations to our newly elected Officers for the NELA Executive Board!

Vice-President/President Elect - Ms. Jen Alvino Leo, MLIS, Head of Circulation/Public Service Systems Coordinator, Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, ME
Treasurer - Ms. Karen Patterson, MLS, So. Windsor, CT
Junior Director - Ms. Gail Hurley, Statewide Library Catalog Coordinator, iCONN, Connecticut State Library

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Conference is 2 Weeks Away, October 18-20!
Details www.nelib.org/conference

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the sessions you are interested in. Hear the dynamic speakers. See your friends and colleagues from all over New England. Visit the Exhibitors Booths and speak with them in person. Keep up with what’s new and changing in our profession.

It’s All Happening in Hartford! Be there!

Deadlines for reduced rates -- Friday, October 9.

Both Early Bird Reduced Rate Registration and the special NELA Hotel Conference Rate at the Marriott Hotel are good until next week, Oct. 9. Take advantage of the savings by registering now.

• Conference program
• Registration
• Registration form (to be mailed with your check)
• Online Registration (to be completed online with your credit card)
• Hotel Reservation
• Hotel Reservation Form
• Online Hotel Reservation
• Directions and Parking
• Hartford Attractions
• Connecticut Convention Center
• Connecticut Science Center
• Wadsworth Atheneum
• Mark Twain House
• Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

More Highlights by Professional Interest

Children and Teens

• Luncheon with speaker Kevin Hawkes who has illustrated more than 25 acclaimed picture and chapter books, including Chicken Cheeks, Weslandia, Library Lion and The Wicked Big Toddlah
• “Mother Goose on the Loose”, An early literacy program for infants and toddlers to age three with Betsy Diamant-Cohen
• “Creating Our Varied Voices: A Teen Writing Group”, Lucretia Duwel, Head of Teen Services at Stratford, CT Library
• Anita Silvey’s latest book “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book”Insights into the best books for children to read and what do adults remember about them? How have books, teachers and librarians shaped our national heros?
• “Reaching Out: Family Literacy”, Deanna Gonzie and Shelley Quezada
• A diverse panel of experts present “Solving the Puzzle: Service to Kids and Teens with Autism”
• “Reinventing Reading Programs” with Connecticut Librarians Ann Marie Naples, Maris Frey, Jill Grabowski and Jennifer Rummel
• “Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress” presented by Barbara Newman, PhD

Academic

• Library as Publishing Agent, Monday October 19, 2009 ; 11:30 – 1:00  
  Speakers: Marilyn S. Billings / UMass Amherst
• Future of Technical Services, Monday October 19, 2009 ; 3:30 – 5:00  
  Speakers: Jane Ouderkirk / Harvard Business School, Ben Ide / University of Hartford
• Electronic Resources Management, Tuesday October 20, 2009 ; 8:30 – 10:00  
  Speakers: Carol West / Southern New Hampshire University, Barry Hennessey / University of New Hampshire, Nisa Bakkalbasi / Yale University
• From Information to Intelligence: Using the Social Web to Transform Communities, MondayOctober 19, 2009; 1:00 – 2:30, Speaker: Stephen Abram/VP for Innovation at Sirsi Dynix
• One for All: Collaborative Collection Development, Tuesday October 20, 2009 ; 10:30 – 12:00,Speakers: John Harrison / Bates College, Peggy Menchen / Colby College, Joan Campbell / Bowdoin College

Information Technology

• “OS Smackdown: This Time It’s Personal (Computing)” with panelists Wes Hamilton, Scott Kehoe and Rick Levine
• Stephen Abram, VP for Innovation at Sirsi Dynix presents “From Information to Intelligence: Using the Social Web to Transform Communities”
• “Technology for the Terrified” with Rick Taplin, Systems Administrator for the Minuteman Library Network in Natick, MA
• “Usability Testing from Start to Finish: Fast, Easy and Fun”,  Kathleen Bauer and Alice Peterson-Hart of Yale University and Stephen Cauffman from iCONN, Connecticut’s research engine.

 Technical Services

• “RDA: Ready for Take-Off”, ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, John Attig will talk about the structure, format and specifics
• “Our Cataloging Data: Who’s in Charge?”, Chris Catalfo, programmer at LibraryThing.com shares his thoughts on the future of cataloging data. Business meeting and reception included
• “The Future of Technical Services is a Three Ring Circus”, Ringmasters Jane Ouderkirk from Harvard Business School and Ben Ide from Mortensen Library, University of Hartford, discuss the evolving composition of technical services and the skills you need to stay relevant

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